Superman director Richard Donner on death threats, Lethal Weapon and the problem with dark heroes
The veteran director on Wonder Woman 1984, working with Christopher Reeve and his plans – at the age of 90 – to direct another film
Christopher Reeve in Superman (1978)
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Everything you ask Richard Donner about his 1978 Superman film gets a story. He talks about living next door to the then Leader of the Opposition Margaret Thatcher on Flood Street, Chelsea, while he made the film here, bumping into her “a couple of times. She was very cordial. And because she was there, there was always a copper in our back alley, and I felt very safe leaving my car on the street. Ha!”